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  2. GARDINER'S CREEK VALLEY.

    An inspection yesterday of the areas bordering on Gardiner's Creek provided a graphic indication of the huge volume of flood water that swept down the ...

    Article : 644 words
  3. THE DRAINAGE SCANDAL

    Melbourne's drainage system, which, as pointed out in "The Age" on Saturday, has been the responsibility of the Metropolitan Board for ten years, has ...

    Article : 473 words
  4. AT ST. KILDA.

    So great is the damage done to the wooden portion of the men's baths that they have been closed. There is now no protection against sharks, and much ...

    Article : 160 words
  5. AT HEIDELBERG.

    Conditions in Heidelberg district were serious yesterday. For miles around there was a vast expanse of water, and damage amounting to several thousands ...

    Article : 392 words
  6. COST TO GOVERNMENT.

    Tim Premier who received reports from many cources during the week end, stated last night that it was estimated that the cost of repairing railways, roads ...

    Article : 389 words
  7. THE YACHT MOONBI.

    Although it ended with three men and a woman in Alfred Hospital suffering from exhaustion and exposure, the two-days' fight to save the yacht Moonbi ...

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  8. RAGING TORRENT AT HAWTHORN.

    So rapid was the current beneath the Wallen-road-bridge that it was found necessary to divert tram and vehicular traffic by way of Power-street yesterday ...

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  9. THE UPPER YARRA.

    An immense area of country is under water along the upper reaches of the Yarra. Valuable gross lands have been submerged. On a number of dairy farms ...

    Article : 167 words
  10. BAY JETTY DAMAGE.

    Inspections of Bay Jetties which it has been possible to make and rough estimates that have been quickly prepared reveal that damage exceeding ...

    Article : 557 words
  11. BAYSIDE DAMAGE.

    Inspection of the damage done at Brighton showed that the gale had played havoc with all the structures along the foreshore. More than 95 per ...

    Article : 555 words
  12. Many Houses Inundated.

    Between midnight and 11 a.m. yesterday waters from the upper reaches of the Yarra came down with such extraordinary volume that the river rose at ...

    Article : 499 words
  13. Citizens Offer Money and Services.

    In the course of a statement on the flood position last night in support of the Lord Mayor's appeal, the Premier said that several citizens had telephoned ...

    Article : 192 words
  14. MULTIPLICITY OF AUTHORITIES.

    Commenting on the proposal which will be discussed at the conference to-day regarding the reclamation of the "danger zone" in the flooded Kensington ...

    Article : 594 words
  15. AT KENSINGTON.

    Blocks of streets in Kensington and about 160 dwellings and 40 industrial establishments were still under water on Saturday, but by yesterday morning the ...

    Article : 326 words
  16. WASHED OFF ST. KILDA PIER.

    Among the enormous crowd which went sightseeing near St. Kilda pier on Saturday afternoon were many people who wanted to go along the structure ...

    Article : 143 words
  17. SWEPT OFF IN FLOOD.

    YARRAM, Sunday.--Ernest Alfred Pa[?]rott, laborer, married, with one child, lost his life this evening in the flood waters of the Tarra River. He was ...

    Article : 172 words
  18. PROMISING FORECAST.

    A more promising weather forecast was issued by the Weather Eureau last night The forecast runs:--"Cloudy at first, with scattered showers in southern and ...

    Article : 425 words
  19. HAVOC AMONGST YACHTS.

    Saturday and Sunday were devoted to salving the many valuable yachts which were either damaged or washed ashore along the eastern side of the Bay. The ...

    Article : 493 words
  20. RELIEF AT ELWOOD.

    With the return to more normal weather conditions yesterday, the position at Elwood had so much improved that no fears were felt regarding the ...

    Article : 526 words
  21. KOOYONG TENNIS COURTS.

    Although no definite plans can be made until the flood waters show signs of receding officials of the Lawn,Tennis Association of Victoria are hopeful of ...

    Article : 330 words
  22. FALLS INTO RIVER.

    Reaching from the edge of the river bank to recover a piece of rubber, which was floating down stream. Frederick Haddy, 11 years, of Bennett-street ...

    Article : 324 words
  23. DUNLOP WORKS WRECKED.

    At an early hour yesterday the river at Abbotsford was particularly rough and flowing swiftly. Readings at Johnston-street-bridge showed 39 feet, which ...

    Article : 198 words
  24. STREETS TWENTY FEET UNDER WATER.

    Almost two miles wide, the flood waters at North Kew and East Kew have submerged several streets and rendered about twenty people temporarily ...

    Article : 408 words
  25. SERIOUS OFFICIAL NEGLECT

    Commenting on Saturday on the further severe flooding at Kensington through official neglect to remedy matters after the warnings of two previous ...

    Article : 273 words
  26. YACHTSMEN SUFFER.

    Although with the one exception of Kurrewa H., owned by Mr. j. M. Livingstone, which broke away from the moorings and sank near the shore, the big ...

    Article : 248 words
  27. SALE YARDS SITE.

    On Saturday the sale yards site at South Kensington was still a great lake of water. Waggons travelling along the road from Kensington Hill to ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. KETCHES NOT REPORTED.

    Some anxiety is being entertained at the non-appearance of the ketches Aristides and Evaleecta, both of which were in Bass Strait on their way to Melbourne ...

    Article : 176 words
  29. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 215 words
  30. Another Motorist in Difficulties.

    Despite the fact that the Burke-road bridge was submerged to a depth of 4 or 15 feet, and that the floods were swirling over the railings at eight or ten miles ...

    Article : 171 words
  31. SHRINE TREES DESTROYED.

    Unsheltered save for the massive structure of the Shrine of Remembrance, the trees in the environs of the national war memorial suffered severely as a ...

    Article : 95 words
  32. VEGETABLES SCARCE.

    Owing to the heavy rains and floods inundating market gardens many growers were unable to attend the Victoria Market on Saturday. All vegetables were ...

    Article : 40 words
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